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3031 Houston is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 8 1984 by Edward L. G. (Ted) Bowell at the Lowell Observatory Anderson Mesa Station. It is named after Walter Scott Houston an American amateur astronomer. From Minor Planet Circular 10845:Named in honor of Walter Scott Houston American amateur astronomer well known for his column Deep-Sky Wonders in the magazine Sky & Telescope.

apoapsis (km)
3.67513e+11
average speed (km/s)
71532.0
orbital period (μ)
1.05564e+08
periapsis (km)
3.0169e+11
temperature (K)
186.0
absolute magnitude
13.0
albedo
0.1
discovery date
1984-02-08
discoverer
Edward L. G. Bowell
epoch
August 22 2008 (JD 2454700.5)
former name
1954 EF 1978 NP 1984 CX

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